Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) luzonensis Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992

Kreiter, Serge, Payet, Rose-My, Mouigni, Hadji, Douin, Martial, Tixier, Marie-Stéphane & Azali, Hamza Abdou, 2021, New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of Grande Comore Island (Comoros Archipelago), Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 241-273 : 264

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) luzonensis Schicha & Corpuz-Raros

Typhlodromus luzonensis Schicha & Corpuz­Raros 1992: 75 .

Amblydromella (Amblydromella) luzonensis , Denmark & Welbourn 2002: 307.

Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) luzonensis, Moraes et al. 2004b: 336 , Chant & McMurtry 2007:

155.

As the previous species, this one also belongs to the large rhenanus species group ( Chant and McMurtry 1994). It has been collected only once in Philippines on Dysoxylum cumingianum (De Candolle) Harms , a common Meliaceae in this area. This is the first mention of its occurrence outside Philippines. Its biology is unknown.

World distribution: Philippines.

Specimens examined: Djoumoichongo (230 m aasl, lat. 11°48 ′ 34 ″ S, long. 43°17 ′ 37 ″

E), 1 ♀ on Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merrill and Perry ( Myrtaceae ), 10/XII/2018.

Remarks: morphological and morphometric characters and all measurements of our specimens ( Table 10) fit well with measurements of the original description given by Schicha and Corpuz­Raros (1992). Some differences exist in the length of the shorter setae: j3, j6, R1,

s4, s6, z2, z3 and z4 which are longer in Philippines specimens and setae S5 which is longer in Grande Comore Island specimens. Number of teeth of the fixed digit also corresponds with that of the Philippine specimens.